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Saturday, 29 September 2012

I'm back with my 2nd post for today, my DT card for A Gem of a Challenge, where our challenge is 'for the girls'... easy peasy eh?! I was a bit short of time though, so I've used one of the fab Keep Calm digi stamps - they're so great for quicker cards :o)

Hope you're all having a lovely evening! I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with another card... Oh and the car cost us a little over £100 to get it through the MOT, but at least it's done for another year!

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I thought I'd use this cute little bunny from the Little Cotton Rabbits collection. This is one of the very first stamps I bought - lovely to go back and play with an old favourite isn't it?

I'm going to have a good catch up with your blogs today... I've got very behind this week with all the birthday boy's celebrations. Hubby's taken my car for its MOT today, so I've got everything crossed that it doesn't fail like it did last year!

I'll be back later with my Pink Gem DT card and to announce my candy winner too! Have a lovely day :o)

Thursday, 27 September 2012

Blinkin' ink, I'm so tired! It's Morgan's 10th birthday today and the last couple of days have been non-stop... and we've got his party at Hollywood Bowl tomorrow after school too. Can't wait for the weekend lol!

I just thought I'd quickly pop in with the card I made for my mum to give to Morgan - I can't show ours yet, because I'm also using it for a DT card for next week.

It's just another quickie using one of those fab little pre-coloured die cut images from LOTV and some lovely Melissa Frances papers. The image reminds me of my mum's little Jack Russell, Lily - she trails around after Morgan whenever we're there, gazing adoringly at him just like this little dog.

I'm not sure if I'll get chance to post tomorrow, but you never know! I'll definitely be back on Saturday with a couple of posts though. Hope you enjoy the rest of your evening :o)

Monday, 24 September 2012

I've got soooo many cards to make this week, so some of them need to be fairly quick! This one is for my eldest son Morgan, from Dex, using one of those handy die cut images from LOTV... I can't believe Morgan will be 10 in a few days, I don't know where the time goes!

Hope you've all had a good day... It's been absolutely pouring down all day here! Oh the school runs are a joy in this weather... It gave me a good excuse to wear my new wellies though - ooh they're a lovely shade of teal blue lol ;o) Enjoy your evening, I'll hopefully be around to visit you later!

Sunday, 23 September 2012

Hello everyone, hope you've had a good weekend :o) I'm here with my DT card for My Crafty Heart, which is also the card I've made for my 'niece' Jessica... she's not really my niece - she's my Auntie's little girl, but I think of her as my niece. This one is for my mum to give her, I still need to make the one from us.

Saturday, 22 September 2012

Happy Saturday everyone :o) I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge for this week is 'how charming', so you just need to add a charm... sounds simple, but I hardly ever use them... I've got plenty though! We're sponsored by Emerald Faeries who are giving our winner 2 digi stamps, and our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen with a £10 voucher prize.

This one's for an order - I don't know the customer, it's a friend of a friend of my mum's lol... So I'm hoping the style will be ok for them - I was just asked for something special with the couple's name on the front and 'happy anniversary' inside, so fingers crossed this will pass! I should have made the chain shorter on the charm, but otherwise I'm fairly happy with this one.

Friday, 21 September 2012

Hello :o) For today's card I've used Judo Josh from DigiStamp Boutique... I've used him before on a card for my eldest son (who does karate) for a past birthday, and this one is for Morgan's friend Oliver, who also does karate - Morgan's very impressed, and a bit jealous, that Oliver's a black belt already!

I couldn't think what to use in the centre of the wooden shape - I ended up cutting a plain circle, and used an embossing tool on the back to give it a rounded look... it's like a giant card candy, and I quite like it!

Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Today's card is one that my mum (and her hubby) asked me for - it's for my step-sister's birthday, and I know she's already got it so it's safe to blog it now :o) Mum wanted me to use a cat image, and lots of pink and purple, and she prefers bigger cards so it's 8" square. I'm really not happy with this one... one of those cards that just wouldn't come together! Love this cute cat though, I haven't used her for a while.

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Hello :o) I'm here with my DT card for Passion For Promarkers, where our theme for this week is CAS cards... something I love to do so it's great for me! Our sponsor is Joanna Sheen, who has a £10 voucher for our lucky winner.

I've used a Wellington Bear stamp to make a card for my Uncle, from my Auntie... that sounds confusing doesn't it... or it could just be me! Most of my family are Sheffield United supporters... in fact most of the people we know seem to be too - I've never been asked to make a Sheffield Wednesday themed card! I used a Viva Pearl pen to give Wellington 'beady' eyes :o)

Dex's first full day at school seemed to go fine, although he was very tired... he's a lot more cuddly at the moment, which is nice because he's not the cuddliest of children usually. But when I said I'd missed him while he was at school, he said he hadn't missed me!!! Which is not so nice lol... little meanie!

Monday, 17 September 2012

Morning everyone :o) It's my turn to post on the Gems of Inspiration blog today, and as I needed a male 50th card, I've used one of the fab Keep Calm digi stamps... I love these, and I get lots of orders for them - more than I show here, because some ask for the exact same card again and there's not much point showing you them lol. I've already been asked for another one exactly the same as this one...

It's Dex's first full day at school today, as he was just doing mornings last week... hopefully he'll be ok! And I'm hoping to get all my crafty stuff done during the week while both boys are at school, so the weekends can be all about them :o) Too many weekends lately, have ended up with me shut off in the craft room while hubby and the boys are downstairs or at the park... I need to change that!

Right, enough of my rambling, there's cards to be made! Hope you have a lovely day :o)

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Hmm... well, so much for getting back yesterday with my second post... it got so late I decided to schedule it for this morning instead! We 'popped' to Asda for a few bits - nearly 2hrs (and over £100) later, we got home and hubby announced he needed a card for his brother's birthday as he'd be seeing him tomorrow (which is now today... how confusing!), and did I have anything that would do?! Obviously I didn't have anything suitable, so that was my evening gone!

Sooo, here's my DT card, finally, for A Gem of a Challenge, where Donna has chosen a recipe of 'lilac, lemon, 2 butterflies and a bow'. Now you all probably know how I try to avoid recipe challenges... they're not my favourite generally! But actually, once I got over the fact that I have hardly anything in lilac and lemon (which is quite amazing considering the amount of paper in my craft room), this one came together fairly easily...

Please ignore my colouring, I made a proper fluff of the purples - I obviously don't use them often enough! Apologies if I didn't get to visit your blog yesterday, I managed some commenting but ran out of time - it's now 1am and I'm just scheduling this now... sigh! So I'll hopefully manage to visit more of you today. Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Well I'm hoping to get lots of crafting done today, and I also want to catch up with as many of your blogs as I can, so I won't sit here rambling on... I'll be back later with my Pink Gem DT card. Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Friday, 14 September 2012

Hello! Sorry I've been a bit quiet over the last few days - it's been a very busy and tiring week. Dex was only at school for a few hours each day, and Morgan is there all day, so I've been backwards and forwards dropping off and collecting them... not a good week for crafting or blogging! Should be better next week though, as they'll both be doing full days then.

Tuesday, 11 September 2012

No cute images today! I wanted to make something using these gorgeous new Glitz Design Cashmere Dame papers, and I thought this Stamping Bella stamp would work nicely with them. It's from a set of 'Funky Barcode' stamps that I chose when I won a Simon Says Stamp voucher a few months ago.

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of twill ribbon, to look sort of like a garment label, but the ink bled slightly and it's irritating me... so I might end up changing it!

He's not as worried as he looks - just not keen on having his photo taken... bit like me then! And they've all got name labels on this week while their teacher gets to know them... just in case you thought I'd labelled him myself lol.

I'm a bit miffed that the ink from the new printer seems to smudge slightly :o( Just hoping that when we change the ink for compatibles I won't have that problem - fingers crossed!

Today was Dex's first morning at school! He only goes for a few hours each morning this week, then next week he'll be there full days. I had a bit of a wobble when he was all dressed in his uniform - he just looks so teeny and cute, and very proud of himself! He went into the classroom quite happily and he was still smiling when I picked him up :o) I'd show you a photo, but hubby was in charge of the camera this morning and the pics aren't the best lol... I'll try and get better ones tomorrow! Have a lovely evening :o)

Saturday, 8 September 2012

**My second post for today - if you popped in for the Sugar Nellie hop, click here or scroll down**

I'm back with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge this week is 'white on white' or WoW. We have 2 sponsors for this week - Letraset and our lovely teamie Natali's store Iva Nova Chest, and also our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen.

Now, do you remember me saying the other day, how happy I was on all my teams and how I loved every minute in the craft room... well that doesn't apply to this card lol! I love WoW cards when other people make them, but I really am hopeless at them.

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend so far. It's been hot in Sheffield - too hot for me, I just end up really sleepy! Feels like it's cooling off a bit now though, so hopefully I can manage not to nod off. Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Good morning :o) Today we're having a little Sugar Nellie hop to show you the six gorgeous new Christmas digi stamps that will be available at Funky Kits from 9am this morning!

Hopefully you arrived here from Pat's fabulous blog, but if not please pop over to Sugar Nellie so you don't miss anyone's lovely creations - and the chance to win some fab Sugar Nellie candy of course!

This gorgeous image is called Forest Friends - such a pretty little scene, isn't it? You wouldn't believe the disasters I've had trying to get this little cutie coloured in though! First off, the printer broke while I was trying to print her out... so we bought a new printer. And then the first one I coloured was almost done when a red flexmarker decided to blot a huge puddle of ink all over her hat. Even this one has a smudge of black ink that I had to cover up! It's a relief just to have a finished card to show you lol!

Friday, 7 September 2012

Hello! Just a quick one to let you know about the Sugar Nellie blog hop - it's starting at 9am tomorrow, and the DT will be showing you our creations made with the 6 new Christmas digi stamps.... ooh they're all so cute!

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

You might remember from my last Waste Not Wednesdays challenge, that I said I'd have 2 prizes - a £5 gift voucher provided by the lovely Sally-Ann at DigiStamp Boutique, and a surprise one from me. So I need to announce the 2 winners, and they are...

wins a Wild Rose Studio stamp, and some extra bits that I forgot to take a photo of!

Cheryl, could you email me so I can pass on your details to Sally-Ann, and Mandy, could you email me with your postal address please, so I can send you your goodies :o)

I'm sorry to say I've made the decision to put Waste Not Wednesdays on hold for now... I've got plenty of DT creations to keep me busy at the moment, and I'm not complaining at all - I'm sooo happy with all the teams I'm on, and I'm loving every minute in the craft room! But I can't fit WNW in with everything else, so for now the challenges are closed... maybe I'll pick it up again eventually - we'll see! Thanks to everyone who's joined in, I've really appreciated you all playing along with me xxx

If you popped in to see a card, please scroll down to my post from this morning! Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Well today's version of the school run went much better than yesterday's lol... Morgan was happy to be going back to school, he couldn't wait to see all his friends again. I've still got Dex at home for now though, as he doesn't start until Monday.

So... my card for today is my first as part of the DT at My Crafty Heart, and I've used an adorable stamp from the Whimsy Wee Stamps range.

Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Well, today's off to a very disorganised start - took Morgan to school for his first day back, to find the gates locked and no one there... Came home, checked the last newsletter and found the bit that says they go back tomorrow... umm, oops?! So we get to do the 'first day back' thing all over again tomorrow lol.

Anyway... I'm here to show you my DT card for this week's challenge at Passion For Promarkers, which is 'lace & swirls'. We're sponsored by Letraset, who have a new Promarker Collector's Set for one lucky winner.

I've used the gorgeous Fifi Goes Walkies from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits, and coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers. The papers are First Edition Summer Breeze, and I've used a Cheery Lynn flourish die, Memory Box cherry blossom die and an MFT corner die. Added some lace, ribbon, button and pearls from my stash, and the sentiment is from a set of tag stamps - not sure what make they are though.

Now I said I had some fab news didn't I?! I'm thrilled to at last be able to share a little secret - the lovely Teresa asked me to join her fabulous team at My Craft Heart and of course I said yes :o) So excited, and I'm already enjoying working with Teresa's gorgeous goodies - I'll be back tomorrow with an 'official' MCH DT card!

Thank you to everyone who left me printer advice yesterday, you're all so helpful! The Kodak sounded good, but I'm afraid it'd drive me mad if the red didn't print properly. We've decided on a Canon, but I've got to wait until tomorrow evening to get it - fingers crossed it'll do everything I need it to! Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

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About Me

I'm Lisa, and I live in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, with my husband Pav and our 2 boys Morgan (15) and Dexter (10yrs). We also had another son, Harvey, who sadly was stillborn in Feb 2007. I've always lived in Sheffield, but my husband is from Poland.
I'm completely obsessed with cardmaking - I think I even dream cards!
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